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Blue Ridge Public Radio will swap the 20 frequencies of its two channels, BPR News and BPR Classic, during overnight hours on Monday, October 31. This upgrade to its services will expand its capacity to provide 24/7 news and cultural and public affairs programming to an additional 250,000 people in Western North Carolina.

WNC gets better COVID-19 boosters and expands eligibility for shots against monkey pox

One in five families in North Carolina is in medical debt collections. NC Treasurer Dale Folwell will host a public hearing on the Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act at the AB Tech conference center Wednesday, September 7th from 5:30 to 7:15 pm in Asheville.

Hospitals pitched, the public spoke and now it's up to NCDHHS to pick the winning bid for a WNC hospital expansion project for Buncombe County

State health officials will be in Asheville this week to get the public’s input on who should operate an acute care hospital that will be built in Buncombe County.

A joint class-action lawsuit filed by the City of Asheville and Buncombe County is the latest legal action against HCA Healthcare, the Nashville-based corporation that bought the nonprofit Mission Health System in 2019

The Waters & Harvey Show asks 'Is there an American philosophy? And if so, what is it?'

Chuck Edwards edges the Freshman Republican by 1,319 votes

Six counties in Western North Carolina will elect new sheriffs this year. See who advanced in Tuesday's election

Candidates for city council also advanced to the general election